Samardzija had filed for $6.2 million while the Cubs filed for $4.4 million. Their agreed-upon salary is ever so slightly above the $5.30 million midpoint between the figures submitted by the two sides.

Samardzija’s future with the Cubs is still up in the air. The right-hander will be eligible for arbitration for the third and final time next off-season and he will be eligible for free agency after the 2015 season. The two sides were reportedly far apart on an extension last month.

The Cubs have now settled all four of their arbitration cases. They agreed to a $3.9 million salary with starter Travis Wood on January 24, $2 million with outfielder Justin Ruggiano on January 29, and $2.3 million with second baseman Darwin Barney on February 6.

Not bad – a slightly less than imbecilic comment for a change. I’m not willing to speculate that there’s any hope for you, but one does like to grant a benefit of the doubt, even if balked about by well earned caveats.

proudlycanadian - Feb 8, 2014 at 11:34 PM

A NL pitcher with a high ERA. That does not translate well in the AL East.

This guy has been in the league 6 years, 2 as a starter and mustard up a whole 8 wins with a 4.34 era. The second worse era of their 5 starters, he pitched 13 more innings than Travis Wood and gave up 7 more HR’s. He wasn’t hurt but showed a lot of immaturity when the cubs started trading away his over priced buddies which lead to a terrible second half. This guy is NOT a #1 or even a #2 starter in the league. Cubs should look at trading him asap.